Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet Compostion Tables > Alaska skate Home

Diet table for Bering Sea Alaska skate, Bathyraja parmifera, collected in 2006
Number of Full Stomachs : 229
Number of Hauls: 38

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	18.56	3.00	9.37
Chionoecetes spp.	16.09	6.00	17.12
Crangonidae (shrimp)	14.57	25.00	46.67
Misc Flatfish	10.11	5.00	27.58
Paguridae	9.95	9.00	26.89
Misc Crab	4.33	1.00	15.55
Gammaridea	4.23	17.00	23.79
Ammodytidae	3.36	3.00	10.67
Opilio Crab	2.86	0.00	2.65
Misc Teleost	2.25	3.00	13.75
Misc Majidae	2.17	1.00	5.41
Offal	2.00	0.00	1.32
Northern rock sole	1.76	0.00	2.87
Tanner Crab	1.73	1.00	4.09
Agonidae	1.56	0.00	3.32
Clupeoidei	0.83	0.00	1.61
Mysidacea	0.72	5.00	12.01
Zoarcoidae	0.59	0.00	0.82
Polychaeta	0.54	1.00	6.42
Yellowfin sole	0.49	0.00	1.64
Pacific sandfish	0.27	0.00	1.18
Euphausiacea	0.25	4.00	9.01
Stichaeidae	0.19	0.00	2.81
Gastropod	0.13	0.00	0.38
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.13	0.00	3.49
Misc Shrimp	0.11	0.00	2.53
Cottid	0.08	0.00	2.17
Misc Org	0.08	0.00	1.17
Misc Lithodidae	0.03	0.00	0.53
Isopoda	0.01	0.00	2.02
Misc Cephalopoda	0.01	0.00	0.53
Misc Crustacea	0.01	0.00	0.73
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	0.44
Bivalvia	0.00	0.00	0.53

Sample locations for Bering Sea Alaska skate, Bathyraja parmifera, collected in 2006

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